Rail anchor



H. G. WARR.

I RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. {920.

31 425,22 3 Patented Aug. 8 1922.

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H. G. WARR.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.I,1920- 1 425 gg3 4 Patented Aug. 8, 11922 2SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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RAIL ANCHOR.

Application filed March 1,

T 0 all 1071-0721 it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD G. IVVARR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Park Ridge, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Anchors. ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for resisting longitudinal movement ofrailroad rails, such devices being known generally as rail anchors, railstays or anti-creepers, and has for its primary object to provide animproved device of this character which when applied to a rail'willserve to resist any tendency of the rail to move longitudinally ineither direction.

more specific object of the invention is to provide a device or railanchor part which may be used in connection with any one of varioustypes of rail anchors that are now employed to resist longitudinal movcment of rails in one direction only forgiving such an anchorcapacity formaintaining a firm grip on the rail during a retrograde movement wherebythe combined anchoring device will resist any movement of the rail ineither forward or rearward directions. 7

The invention has for furtherobjects the novel arrai'igementsconstructions and combination of parts and devices hereinafter describedand claimed for carrying out the above stated objects and such otherobjects as will appear from the following specification. I v

The invention is illustrated in certain preferred embodiments in theaccompanying drawings, wherein: I f

Fig. 1 isa plan view of. a rail anchoring device constructed inaccordance with my invention and showing thedevice in its op eratingposition on a railroad rail.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. showing the rail insection and the rail anchoring device in elevation. v h

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the additional rail anchor part ofthe combined anchoring device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. I v

Fig. i is a plan view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating a modification.

Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating another modification, a portionfofthe rail being broken away for the purpose of clearness.

Fig. 6 is a ew taken on line 66 'fi Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 8, 1922.

1920. Serial no. 362,310.

Fig. 5. showing the rail in section and the rail anchoring device inelevation.

Fig. 7 is a view in perspectiveof the additional rail anchor part in thecombined anchoring device illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. 4

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view partly in section taken on line 8-8 of Fig.5 looking in the direction indicate 4 and Fig. 9 is a plan viewillustrating a further modification.

Like characters of reference (designate like parts in the severalfigures of the drawings- In the embodiment of the invention shown inFigs. 1 to 3 inclusive. the rail anchoring device consists of a shoemember 10'. a yoke member 11 having an interlocking en agement with theshoe and a fastening member 13 for anchoring the yoke member to a crosstie 14. The shoe member 10 is provided with a recess 15 which fits overone edge of the base flange of the rail 16 and formed with a tieabutting foot 1.7 adapted to bear against one of the vertical faces ofthe tie 14 when the shoe is applied in its operative position on therail. The yoke member is a spring metal bar formed at one end with anangular hook 18 providinga jaw which fits over the edge of the rail baseopposite the shoe 10 and is provided atits other end with an upstandingportion 19 which extends around the shoe and fits in a recess 20 formedin the outer face thereof.

It is unnecessary, for a complete under standing of this invention. tofurther deg scribe the'specific construction ofthe shoe 10 and springyoke 11 as these members are preferably constructed and applied in thesame manner as the'rail anchor device disclosed in the patentto D. F.and D. L; Vaughn No. 1,021,887. granted livffarch 26th; 1912; theconstruction and application of which device, together with themannerjin which the spring yoke is subjected to awrtional strain tomaintain its interlocking engagement with the shoe and to maintain itsfirm grip on the rail, being understood by persons familiar with thisart.

The device disclosed in the above men- 'tioned Vaughn patent is one formof the general typeof rail anchor adapted 'to resist the longitudinalmovement of a rail m one di ection only. My invention 111 this form,

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is, therefore, in the nature of an improve ment upon the Vaughn anchorand in its broader aspect aims to provide means which may be readilyused in connection with various forms ofrail anchors of the general oneway type, whereby the said anchors may be employed, to resist movementof a rail in a rearward direction as well as forwardly.- This result isaccomplished in the 'embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, by theuse of fastening member l3iwhich, preterably, consists of a bar havingan opening 21 at one end through which the jaw portion 18 ofthe springyoke 11 extends vand having a shank portion 22, angular in crosssection, providing a lip which bears against the upper surface of one ofthebase flanges of the rail. The fastener 13 is preferably held in firmengagement with the rail base and cross tie by spikes 2 1 2 l. The yokeengaging portion of the fastener 13 is pref.

erably formed with an outwardly curved portion 25 whichengages the jawportion 18 of the yoke 11 so as to insure a firm engagement between theyoke and fastening member when the yoke assumes Various angularpositions across the base of the rail.v The openmgQloof the fastener ispreferably large enough to permit a slight relative movement between theyoke 11. and the fastener: so as to permit the yoke to increase its gripon the rail during a creeping pressure of the rail toward the tie. I

When the anchoring device is in its operative position the springyoke 11preferably extends diagonally across the rai base as indicated in ig. 1.Any longitudinal movement of the rail ina direction towardthe tie 1.4:cari ries the jaw 18. of the yoke with it and thereby increases the gripof the device on the rail; the said aw, under such conditions, taking 1a' biting hold .on the, vertical edge of the rail base. If-the railmoves longitudinally in the rearward direction fromthe tie with whichthe shoe 10 engages, the jaw 18 of the yoke is held in a relativelyfixed position by means of its engagement with the fastenmg member 13,and theslioe 10 and end 19 v. of the' spring yoke move rearwardly with jwith theshoe member. j a

the railthus increasing the grip oft-hedovice on the rail and resistingthe movement thereof v Y, I a

The IIIOdlfiGCl anchoring, device shown in ,Fig. lfof the drawings isthesame as that described in connectionwith Figs, 1 to 3 inclusive, exceptthat the recess designated 203m the outer face of shoe 10, instead ofbeing relatively shallow as shown in Fig. 1, extends through theouterwall lO'? of the shoe so as to permit the upstanding portion 19 ofthe spring yoke llf" to, take albiting hold on the vertical edge of therail in addition to having an interlockingengagement I j The other"parts of this'form of invention are designated by the of theinventio'nemploys, as one of its meinsame reference characters as shown in Fig. 1.p 1 7 Referring to the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8inclusive: This embodiment bers, the device disclosed in the patent toLewis 0. Henggi, No. 1,167,299 granted'Jan-i nary. 4th, l916, whichdevice consists of a 27, 28 having-substantially the same degree ofinclination as the 'upper surface pf'the base flanges of the rail. -.Theportion of the yoke intermediate the ends, preferably nearer the jaw27thantlie jaw 28, is bent upwardly'to provide a seat 29 which bears.against the under surface of the, rail base. The yoke is applied .to therail by; inserting the jaw 28 over one of the base'flanges of the railandraising the jaw 2? to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. v6;The jaw 27 is thenv drivennpon the base flange until the yoke assumesthe full line position shown, in Fig. 6, The yoke, abutting against oneof the vertical faces, of the tie;

resists any tendency that the rail may have to move longitud.ii alltoward the tie 30.

In the above emloo iment, any tendency s I n ofthe rail tomove in adirection away from the tie 30 is resisted by a hook-shaped fasteningmemberi31,which extends around one of-the jaws of theyoke, preferablyjaw 27, and is spiked to thetie' 30,fa's indicated at 32. The hookmember, 31; is bent 'over at one end toprov-ide aijaw 3,3'which its overone edge of: tl1&;1lll base and engage's with the rear face of the jaw27 of the yoke menu v ber. The jaw portion33 of the hook 31 is given anormal set at a slight anglewith relation to the body of the hook so;that when-v the body portion isforced upon the inclined surface of therail base" the jaw 33. of the hook willexert a pinching grip on'the railbase which prevents looseness and vibration.

In the modification shown Fig. 9, a fasteningfmember 31 of thefsameconstruction as' that shown in Figs, 5' to 4.8., inclusive, isemployedin connection with ,a oneepiece spring metal anchor .of lthejtype disclosed in ny application", for Letters Patent Serial No. 295,555filed April 29,

1919, which device consists of a piece of hold on the rail during the'presence of a I creeping pressure and the other end being formed in a.loop 38 providing a tie abutits lit

' wardly,

ment 39. The loop en'd38 of the anchor is formed with a verticallyextending shoulder or raw 4:0 and an overhanging aw anchor from thedotted position to the full line position and thereby subjecting theanchor to a tortional strain which produces an initial spring grip oithe device on the rail. It will be noted that by'using the attachment 31as shown in-Fig. 9, the anchor device will resist either forward orrearward n'zovements of the rail. With either movement of the rail thegrip of jaws 87,40 on the rail is increased. Vhen the rail movesforwardly the jaw 37 tends to move with the rail, the rail movementbeing checked because this would involve increasing the obliquity ofmember 36. hen the rail moves backwardly, or tend s to move backitsactual movement to any appreciable extent is checked because the loopend 38 of member 36 would move withth'e rail if the rail moved. whilejaw 37 would be restrained from movement away from the tie by itsbearing on member 31. Thus the cooperative relation between the membersoit the anchoring device is the same as that which exists in the formsof the invention shown in Figs. 1 to l inclusive.

While the invention is thus illustrated in certain preferredembodiments; it will'be obvious that further modifications might be madewithout departure from the spirit of the invention. It will, therefore,be understood that the invention contemplates all such modificationsthat come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. In a rail anchoring device. the combination or rail base grippingmeans adapted to engage with a cross tie to resist longitudinal movementof the rail in one direction and a separate fastening device foranchoring said rail base gripping means to the tie. whereby longitudinalmovement of the rail in the opposite direction is resisted.

2. In a rail anchoring device, the combination with means engaging arail and abutting one of the cross ties whereby move ment of the railtoward the tie is resisted, of means for resisting movement of the railin a direction away from the tie comprising a separate fastening deviceengaged with said rail base engaging member and anchored to the tie.

3. In a rail anchoring device, the combination of a rail engaging memberprovided with means adaptedto abut against a cross tie to resistmovement of the rail in one direction and a fastening member anchored tothe tie and engaging said rail engaging member to resist movement of therail in the opposite direction; said engagement between said membersbeing adapted to t1, the latter of which is sprung into cngagei'nent'with the rail by forcing the loop end oi? the permit slight relativemovement of said members whereby an increased grip of the device iseffected during the presence of a creeping pressure on the rail.

4-; A'i'ail anchoring device comprising a rail base gripping memberprovided with means to bear against a tie and adapted toresist'l'ongitudinal movement of: the rail in one directiom and aseparate fastening device engaging'one of the base flanges oi? the railand adapted to anchor said rail gripping member to said tie so as toresist movement of the rail in the opposite direction. 5: A railanchoring device comprising rail base gripping means adapted to abutagainst a cross tie to resist movement ofthe rail in one direction; andmeans for-anchoring the afoifesaidmeans to the tie to resist movement ofthe rail in the opposite direction comprising a fastening memberengagin'gthe tie and adapted to fitover a portion of said rail basegripping means.

6. A rail anchoring device comprising rail base gripping'meansadapted togrip a rail with spring pressure and abut against a cross tie to resistmovement of the rail in one direction, and means for anchoring theaforesaid means to the tie to resist move mentor the rail in theopposite direction comprising a fastening member engaging the tie. adapt'ed'to fit over a portion of said rail base gripping means.

7. A rail anchoring'deviee comprising a rail base gripping memberadaptedto g'rip a rail with spring pressure and provided with means toabut against a cross tie and adapted to resist movement of the rail inone direction, and means for attaching said member to the tie to resistmovement of the rail in the opposite direction comprising an angular barsecured to the tie so as to clamp the rail base to the tie and formed atone end with an opening which fits over a portion of said rail basegripping member.

8. A rail anchoring device comprising a rail base engaging memberprovided with means to bear against a cross tie and adapted to resistmovement of a rail in one direction, and means for resisting movement ofthe rail in the opposite direction comprising a fastening device engagedwith the tie and having a jaw adapted to engage with the rail grippingmember and take a pinching grip on the rail base.

9. A rail anchoring device comprising a rail base gripping memberadapted to engage with a cross tie to resist movement of the rail in onedirection, and means for resisting movement of the rail in the oppositedirection comprising a fastening device engaged with the tie and havinga jaw adapted to engage with the rail gripping memberwhich device issubjected to a bending strain when applied to its operative positio othe rail,

resisting longitudinal movement engages the rail base gripping member,said;

jaw being formed with a normal-set at an angle to the body portionof thefastening device whereby saiddevice is strained in its;

I a tieand the application to the rail.-

11. In combination" with; means adapted: to engage a rail and to bearagainst .a tie to prevent the rail from moving longitudi-g nally in onedirection, of meansengaging vided .atr oneiend with means for abuttingthe'aforesaid means and said tie fora-resisting longitudinal movementofJthe rail in the I v v said tiewhichengagesthe other end oftheopposite direction. a

12. In combination engage a rail and to bear against a tieto prevent therail from moving longitudinally in one direction, of means engaging theaforesaid means'and anchored to said t e tory of the rail in theopposite-direction.

13. A rail anchorlng device atie andto haveits hold on: the railincreased-by Ja tendency of the rail to move forwardly, and meanswhereby said hold is also increased when the rail. tends to move in theopposite direction.

with meansgadapt ed to comprising railggrippingmeans adapted to bearagainst 7 g I I p L end of the rail engaging member but so as tenddiagonally across said rail base, and'tie engaging meansseparable fromsaid ra1l base embracing member-adapted to engage With opposite endsthereof. I

v 15. A rail anchoring device comprising a rail engaging member adaptedto extend across the bottom of the rail diagonally c thereofand'tie/engaging members engaged by opposite ends respectively oftherail engagingmember one o f which bearsjagainst other of which isanchored to said tie; g g

16. A rail anchoring devicecomprising a rail en'gagingmemben adapted toextend under the rail diagonally thereof and proagainst a tiey-and amember anchored to rail engaging member but so as to, permit said end tomove forwardly with a forward "movement of the rail.,

17. A rail'ancl ioring device comprising a i abutting against a tie,;and, a member anchored tosaid tie which engagesthe other I 'EHAROLD e.wA R

